Metallic cabinet.



A. C. TERRELL.

- METALLIC CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED out 5. 1916.

Patented Aug. 28, 1917.-

3 SHEETSSHEET r y we IL o n INVENTOR WITNESSES.

AZEc ff C YFr-relL A TTORNE Y ALBERT G. TERRELL, F GRAND RAPIDS,MICHIGAN.

METALLIC CABINET,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 28, 1917.

Application filed October 5, 1916. Serial No: 123,997.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT C. TERRELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan,have invented new and useful Improvements in Metallic Cabinets, of whichthe following is a specification.

The present invention relates to metallic cabinets; and its object is,generally, to provide an improved structure of that character; and moreparticularly, to provide improved means for joining the parts of suchcabinets; and further, to provide improved means for supporting theshelves; and further, to provide improved means for securing partitionsin place.

This and any other objects appearing hereinafter are attained by, andthe invention finds preferable embodiment in, the structure hereinafterdescribed and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the upper portion of one unitof a metallic cabinet and a portion of an adjoining unit;

Fig. 2'is a like view of the lower portion of the same; i

Fig. 3 is a section of the same taken on a vertical plane correspondingto line 33 of Figs. land 2 and parallel with the cabinets sides;

Fig. 4: is a section of the same taken on a horizontal planecorresponding to line H of Fig.1;

Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of the upiperkportion of such a unitwith the top slid Fig. 6is a section of such a unit taken on a verticalplane corresponding to line 66 ofd Fig. 1 and parallel with the cabinetss1 es;

Fig. 7 is a section of the same taken on a vertical plane correspondingto line 77 of Figs. 1 and 5 and parallel with the cabi nets front andback; a

Fig. 8 is a view in perspective of one end of a cabinet shelf;

Fig. 9 is a botton of the same; and

Fig. 10 is a view in perspective of a shelf holding and supportingmember.

In the embodiment of the invention chosen for detailed description inthe body of this specification and for illustrationxby the drawings, thecabinet units 1, 2, ar-

ranged side. by side, have the b ack walls 3,

plan view of a portion side walls 4, fronts 5, and horizontal walls' thetops 6 and bottoms 7. Where two units are arranged side by side, oneside wall may be common to both as shown. The back walls and the fronthave longitudinal angularly disposed vertical flanges 8 and 9respectively, being part of the angle irons 10, and 11 carried by saidback and front (Fig. i). The side walls have channels 12, 13 extendinglongitudinally vertically along their opposite edges and formed by thebody portion of the side Walls and the strips 14:, 15 welded to theirinner sides. These channels are adapted to receive claspingly saidflanges of the back and front, and by the resilient character of themetal, the opposite sides of the channel are adapted to yieldingly holdsuch flanges between them in the assembled position of the parts. Thusassembled, screw bolts 16 passing through the sides of the channels andthe flanges positively hold the parts together. The side wallsareprovided on their inner sides with inwardly extending sockets 17,died out from (Fig. i)

the metal and having closed bottoms and sides--being thus pockets inform. The shelves 18 are provided at their ends with downwardlyextending flanges 19 having recessed portions 20, in which portionsdownwardly extending hooks 21 are positioned which are adapted to beinserted into the sockets. The location of these hooks in the recessedportions enables the ends of the shelves to abut closely against theinner sides of the side walls, for-the sockets protruding from the sidewalls are received in the'recessed portions when the shelves are placedin position. The hooks are formed on the hook members 22 passingthroughapertures 23 in said flanges and secured to the shelves. In theconstruction shown, the said flanges are the vertical flanges of anglestrips 50 whose horizontal flanges 24 are fastened to and support theshelf, and. the shelf itselfhas flanges 25 extending downwardly over thestrips vertical flange. and

between stop lugs 26 died out from the v strips said flange.

The shelves have apertures or keepers 27 and notches 28: Verticalpartitions 29 between adjacent upper and lower shelves are provided withvertically extendin bearings 30 with transverse extensions 31, ied inthe sheet metal. Bolts 32 are slidable in these bearings into and out ofthe keeper apertures, and when slid into suqh'keepers may be turned insaid bearings so that the laterally extending portions 33 of the boltsenter the extensions 31, thus to hold the bolts in the keepers, wherebythe partitions, whose upper edges have been previously inserted into thenotches of the shelf next above,- are securely held in position. (Fig.6.) The back wall has a series of vertically arranged keeper apertures34 with enlarged upper ends as shown. A shelf-holding member 35,particularly shown in Fig. 10, has a hook portion 51 adapted to engage aflange 36 at the lower inner side of a shelf, and is provided with ascrew-threaded bolt 37 extending therethrough, and having a wing nut 38.The head39 of this bolt is adapted to be passed through the enlargedportion of a keeper aperture and to be held in the restricted portionthereof. When the nut is screwed down, the shelf is clamped relativelyto the back of the cabinet and is held against horizontal and verticaldisplacement. By forming these keeper apertures in a strip 40 secured ina vertically extending recess ll in the cabinets back and flush with thebacks inner surface, the shelf may abut closely against such surface itsentire length, and a suflicient space being provided between the stripand the bottom of the recess the bolts head may be readily inserted intothe keeper apertures.

The side walls have at their upper ends inwardly extending flanges 42and also channels 43 belowtlie flanges, such channels being formed bythe body of the sides and the horizontal strips" 4A. The horizontalwall, as the top 6, has channels 45 extending horizontally on itsopposite sides and downwardly extending flanges 46 below the channels.(Fig. 7 The side walls flanges are adapted to he slid in the horizontalwalls channels and the horizonal walls flanges slid in the side wallschannels in assembling said parts. The top 6 also has a channel 47extending horizontally on one of its other sidesthe front side as shown;and the front 5 has an inwardly extending flange 48 adapted to bereceived in said channel in assembling said parts (Fig. 3).

The parts may be convenientl assembled in the following manner: theanges 8 of the back are inserted into the channels 12 of the side walls;the top is slid on in the manner described; the flanges'9 of the frontare inserted into the channels 13 of the side walls. The parts may besecurely held together by bolts 16 and 49 extending through theassembled parts as shown.

The invention being intended to be defined solely by the claims, is notto be limited to or by details of construction shown ordescribed.

I claim:

1. In a metallic cabinet;a cabinet wall having sockets; a shelf providedwith a cessed portions and apertures through said portions; hook memberspassing through said apertures'and having downwardly extending hooksadapted to enmr the sockets; and a shelf supported on the horizontalflange of said strip and having a flange extending downwardly over thestrips vertical flange.

4. In a metallic cabinet; a cabinet wall having sockets; an angle striphaving a horizontal flange and a vertical flange with stop lugs andrecessed portions and apertures through said portions; hook memberspassing through said apertures and having downwardly extending hooksadapted to enter the sockets; and a shelf supported on the horizontalflange of said strip and having a flange extending downwardly over thestrips vertical flange and between the stop lugs.

5. In a metallic cabinet; adjacent upper and lower shelves, one shelfhaving a keeper and'the other shelf having a notch; a partition one ofwhose edges is adapted to be inserted into the notch, and having ahearing with a transverse extension; and a bolt slidable in said bearinginto and out of engagement with the keeper and having a turning movementin said bearing, and having a laterally extending portion adapted in onelongitudinal position of the bolt to be turned into the bearingsextension and to be heldtherein against longitudinal movement of thebolt in either direction.

6. In a metallic cabinet; side walls having at their upper ends inwardlyextending flanges; a horizontal wall having channels extendinghorizontallv on its opposite sides and in which the side walls flangesare adapted to slide inthe assembling of said parts, the horizontal wallhaving .also a channel extending horizontally on one of its other sides;anda front having an inwardly extending flange adapted to be received inthe last mentioned channel, in the assembling of the horizontal wall andthe front.

7. In a metallic cabinet' adjacent upper and lower shelves, one shelfhaving a keeper and the other shelf having a notch; a partition adaptedto be inserted at one edge into the notch, and having a bearing; and abolt movable in said bearing into and out of engagement with the keeper.

I In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses at Grand Rapids this 2nd day of October A. D.1016.

ALBERT G. TERRELL. Witnesses CYRUS W. RICE,

VICTOR KLASSAY.

